Washington:
President Joe Biden’s younger dog, a rescue named Major, has decamped from the White House right after causing a “minor” injury to an unidentified individual, Biden’s press secretary told reporters on Tuesday.
On Monday Major, a 3-year-old German Shepherd, “was surprised by an unfamiliar person and reacted in a way that resulted in a minor injury to the individual,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki mentioned.
Psaki did not recognize who was bitten, and mentioned the incident was handled by the White House healthcare unit with “no further treatment needed.”
She mentioned Biden’s two dogs “are still getting acclimated and accustomed to their new surroundings and new people.”
CNN reported Monday evening that Major had bitten a safety employees member.
A Washington Post reporter, citing a Secret Service official, tweeted Tuesday evening that Major had nipped an agent’s hand at the White House, saying that the “extremely minor” incident did not puncture the skin, trigger any bleeding, or avoid the individual from continuing to execute their duties.
The Secret Service did not promptly respond to a request for comment.
A White House official separately told NBC News the pets had been with household pals in Delaware though initial lady Jill Biden travels this week.
The initial lady, who is going to military bases in Washington state and California via Wednesday, has mentioned she has been attempting to settle the two German Shepherds into their new 18-acre household in Washington, D.C., given that Biden took workplace in January.
The two dogs had currently been scheduled to remain with a household pal in Delaware ahead of the injury, Psaki mentioned.
Biden adopted Major in November 2018 from the Delaware Humane Society. Champ joined the household in 2008 when Biden was elected vice president below President Barack Obama.
Jill Biden final month noted that the canines had to get used to the White House as properly as its lots of staffers.
“I’ve been getting obsessed with getting our dogs settled because we have an old dog and we have a very young dog,” she told “The Kelly Clarkson Show” in a Feb. 28 interview. “So that’s what I’ve been obsessed with, getting everybody settled and calm.”
In 2008, as former President George W. Bush was winding down his second term, his Scottish Terrier Barney bit the finger of a Reuters reporter who was attempting to pet him.
The White House has no update on the Biden family’s plans to get a cat, Psaki mentioned.
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